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Sailor Moon Chrysalis Part 8
Jadeite is in a jam. Currently being held by ancient foes, whom he was sure
were dead. They wanted to use him to release Aspu, something even he did
not want to deal with. Viewing this situation was Sailor Mercury and some
other Sailor Senshi he did not recognize.
"Mummu, ", Ishtar said, "Take way the prisoner Jadeite. We'll deal with
these... children."
"Children!?!?", Sailor Jupiter says, and charges toward them, the blades on
her arm extended.
"Jupiter!" Sailor Mercury says grabbing at the air.
"Shit!" Sailor Uranus says taking her Space Sword in one hand and heading
in the direction Jupiter went.
A sphere of red energy builds up in Mummu's hand and he tosses it towards
Jupiter. She leaps over it and slashes at him, sparks fly off an invisible
shield surrounding him, but the force of the attack knocks him back.
She turns toward the next closest opponent: Nergal.
"Let's see how good you really are." he says and attacks, launching forward
with his spear. She parries it, and they start trading blows. Gilgamesh
begins to come at Jupiter from behind.
"Space Sword Attack!" a voice says behind him. He turns just in time to
see Sailor Uranus come down on him with her sword. It cuts through his
wrist, severing the hand.
He holds up the bleeding stump, "Best two out of three?" and pull out his
sword and prepares to fight her.
"That's enough you barbarians!" Ishtar says, watching them fight. "We have
more important thing to worry about." but they don't hear.
"Shabon Spray!" a voice says and a dense fog covers the area.
"I cannot see a thing!" Mummu says getting up from Jupiter's' attack.
"That's the idea," a female voice says and grabs Jadeite, disappearing into
the fog.
"He gone!" Ishtar says. She looks toward Mummu. "Find him!"
"You put you in charge?" he asks.
"Never mind that!" she says not looking at all pleased. "Go!"
He goes.
Nearby, Gilgamesh and Uranus continue to parry each other blows. Gilgamesh
looks around, in the fog.
"Another time them Sailor Senshi," he says and fades into the fog.
Sailor Uranus also heads off in the opposite direction.
Nearby the Senshi gather. Sailor Pluto holds Jadeite captive.
Wren looks around, "Where's Jupiter?"
A scream is heard nearby, but before anyone can check it out, Jupiter walks
out of the fog. The forearm blade covered in blood and blood trickles down
her arm.
"Did you kill him?" Luna asks looking a little concerned.
"What do you think?" she says, ripping a piece off her fuku and tying it
over her wound.
Everyone, except for Pluto and Jadeite, look at her a little concerned.
"What?" she says.
"We better find a way out of her fast." Sailor Neptune says looking around.
"That fog of yours Mercury won't keep them confused for long." Pluto says.
"Allow me." Jadeite says, and a black portal opens in front of him.
"You first." Pluto says, walking through the portal with him. The others
follow.
Nearby, Ishtar look at Mummu, "Did you get a trace on them?"
"Of course." he says confidently.
Gilgamesh walks over to them holding his hand over his bleeding wrist.
"We lost Nergal," he says looking at the mutilated corpse.
"Don't worry." Mummu says, "There are lots more where he came from."
The three of them disappear... and re-appear near to the crystal where Aspu
is being held prisoner in.
Kingu is waiting for them.
"Did everything go according to plan?" he asks.
"Everything went well." Mummu says, "With a few complications." and looks
toward Gilgamesh.
"I lost a hand," he says. "And we lost Nergal."
"Get Mummu to 'fix' it for you in his Lab." he says. "And you know what to
do with Nergal's remains.
"Yes." Mummu says. He and Gilgamesh disappear into the darkness.
Ishtar walks up to the crystal, "Don't worry father," she says, "Soon you
will have you freedom."
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Elsewhere, at Haruka's and Michiru's condo. Wren is scribing Wards into the
doors and windows. Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are watching their guest,
Jadeite, who is sitting on the couch looking slightly winded. Luna sits
across from him, watching every move he makes.
"Do you think it was wise bring him here?" Uranus says.
"Do you know of anywhere else more safe." Neptune says.
Uranus walks to the kitchen looking slightly miffed
"Are you almost done the wards, Magus?"
"Just putting on the last one," she says scribing a pattern on the door.
"Done." she says turning around.
"Where did everyone go?" she asks.
"Mercury and Jupiter when out into the back to talk." Pluto says, "Tuxedo
Mask when to get something."
"Oh." she says slightly concerned. She looks toward Jadeite, "Now what?
They'll come for him eventually, you know."
"It doesn't matter anyway." Jadeite says. "I'm dying."
"Gee that just too bad." Wren says sarcastically.
"I didn't expect you Sailor Senshi to care out me. I mean I was your enemy
once."
"Why are you generals so important to them?" Neptune asks.
"I assume you know about the prophecy." Jadeite says.
"Not the whole thing." Pluto says.
"You mean you don't know?" and look at Magus.
"What?" she says looking a little concerned.
"Get the other two. I better tell you of the whole story of how we met Aspu
and sealed him away."
Jadeite begins. "Beryl and a small army including me, Nephrite, Zoisite and
Kunzite. Went to other dimensions subjugating them for their energy. We
needed enough before Beryl could go after her main conquest, the Silver
Millennium. We came across this one place which in initial scouting, had a
very dense population base, and very unacceptable defenses. But when we got
there all we came across was a barren land, the ground was covered with
black sand, and not a trace of a building could be seen. The sky itself
looked like it had been shattered. It was usually black, with an occasional
streak of red crossing the sky. We all wondered who could have done such a
thing in such a short time. Then in the distance we could saw 2 people
coming towards us. We were going to kill them, but Beryl said to wait. The
first one introduced himself as Mummu. He wore a flowing gray robe and he
appeared to be a mage of some sort. The other was a non-descript man; you
wouldn't think much of him. I felt a felling from this man that I had not
felt in a long time, fear. He introduced himself as Aspu. Beryl asked him
if he had caused all this destruction and he said quite calmly, "Yes, do
you like my work?" She asked him if he would join us in our conquest.
He said, "No, I'm not interested in joining you in your petty conquest.
Now, how would you like to die?"
Black Bands of energy stared to swirl around him and the bands attacked
Beryl. Out of nowhere an army of black creatures started to attack our army
and us. The other one, Mummu shot a bolt of energy towards me but just
missed. There was a long a ferocious battle. I only got a glimpse of
Beryl's battle, but it was a sight to behold. Bolts of energy were flying
in every direction. The battle eventually ended with Aspu body mutilated.
Mummu was no where to be seen and his army destroyed.
Beryl wanted him to suffer for the pain she had caused on her. (What I
don't know). She knew she could not seal him away normally like she had
done to so many others, it just wouldn't hold him. So with the help of the
four of us, we put him in a special crystal that was reinforced with a
piece of our life forces, and he was sealed away.
Aspu, trapped in the crystal had one last thing to say as we were leaving:
"Beryl I'll leave you with this.
After those who you thought were dead have destroyed you. I shall return.
The princess shall open the way for me,
The 4 shall return here to free the one;
the blood of a mage shall be spilt, here.
And I shall return."
Everyone look at Wren, who looked a little shocked.
"My blood? He needs my blood?" she sits down.
"I'll make sure they never get it, Wren." Jupiter says, putting her hand on
her shoulder.
"Maybe I should just leave. Go somewhere safe."
"A little late for that." Neptune says. "Look." a point to the now glowing
wards.
"They're here..." Uranus says.
"Let's go then and finish them off!" Jupiter says heading toward the door.
"Wait." Pluto says, and Jupiter turns toward her. "You need to protect
Wren."
"Hey!" Wren says looking a little miffed. "I can protect myself!"
"Stay here if they get you and Jadeite it's all over." Neptune says.
"We'll go deal with them." Uranus says, and Pluto and Neptune nod, and they
head out the door.
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Nearby Ishtar, Gilgamesh and about 10 other men all with the same long
white hair are approaching.
"Is it around here?" Gilgamesh says looking around.
"Nearby." the man who's leading them says, then a ball a green energy
strikes him. He screams and turns into a black pile of goo.
Gilgamesh takes out his sword. The others pull out sub-machine guns. Expect
for Ishtar, who just stands there.
"A planet far up in the sky is my guardian deity...the soldier of
sky...Sailor Uranus!"
"A planet with the sea of sand is my guardian deity...the soldier of
embrace...Sailor Neptune!"
"A planet floating in time and space is my guardian deity...the soldier of
revolution...Sailor Pluto!"
"We shall not let you continue with the evil your committing."
Ishtar is not impressed, and a car hurls through the air toward the Senshi
and the dodge out of the way.
"My car!" Uranus says looking quite shocked.
"I hope you have insurance!" Gilgamesh says and swings his sword at her,
she barely dodges out of the way.
"Now for the final round!" he says.
Uranus takes out her sword as well and they being to fight.
Meanwhile, Pluto has started to attack some of the men carrying guns with
her staff. They have confused looks on their faces, not knowing what to do.
"Idiots!" Ishtar says. The pavement beneath Pluto beings to shift and
pieces hit her, cutting into her skin and costume.
"Now to finish you!" she says.
"Deep Submerge!" is heard and a ball of green energy hit Ishtar and she
gets knocked down to the ground. Blood starts to trickle from her arm.
"GO AWAY!" she screams and the pavement collapses underneath Neptune and
she fall into the sewers.
Ishtar's nose begins to bleed as well.
"Damn headaches!" she says putting her hand to her head.
"Neptune!" Uranus says truing her head in the direction that Neptune was.
Gilgamesh, seeing his chance, strikes.
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Wren was pacing in back and forth in the living room of the condominium.
She did not look at all pleased.
"A mages blood?" she says putting her hand though her hair. "Of all the
things. Why not another mages blood? Why mine?"
"Because your the only one that they know of." Jadeite says.
"Stay out of this!" Wren says, looking at him.
"I won't let them have you." Sailor Jupiter says. "Even if it cost me my
life."
"Jupiter..." Wren says looking at her.
Mercury turns towards the kitchen. "Did you hear something?" Suddenly there
is an explosion, and she gets thrown back and knocks her head on the floor.
Jupiter gets knocked to the floor as well.
Dust and debris fly across the room. "They've come." Jadeite says looking
for the easiest way to get out.
Mummu and Nergal and six other men all armed with sub-machine guns walk
through the large hole in the wall.
"Get the targets." Nergal says.
Mummu points toward Wren and she is suddenly encased in an amber crystal.
"What the?" she says, and starts to pound on the crystal.
"You bastards!" Jupiter says getting up. "I'll kill you!" She charges and
slams into Mummu and knocks him down, putting herself on top of him. The
blades come out and she prepares to strike.
He looks at the blades.
"A symbiot." he says quite calmly, "How rare."
"What?" Jupiter says, then someone stabs her in the back of her shoulder
pushing the blade though bone and cartilage and into the floor.
She turns her head slightly to see, Nergal standing over her.
He laughs "I'm not dead yet!" and puts his foot on her back and pushes her
into the floor.
His spear begins to glow.
"Die!" he says, and she begins to scream.
Mummu fades from under her and appears near to the crystal holding Wren;
two others are holding a now unconscious Jadeite.
He looks at Nergal, "I'll let you finish this." he says and disappears
along with the other two men and Jadeite.
"Wren!" Jupiter says, seeing them fading way, "Shit!"
Two others walk over to a groggy Sailor Mercury. One pulls out a large
knife.
"You hold her," he says, "and I'll kill her."
The other picks her up by her hair; her lips start to move.
"She trying to say something."
"Shabon... Spray..."
"OH SHIT!" one of them utters in horror.
"FREEZING!" The two men close to her are instantly frozen, and Mercury
falls to the floor.
Nergal turns his head to see this, and Jupiter trips him and knocks him to
the floor. She reaches back and pulls the spear out of her shoulder and
begins to get up.
"You want this..." she says, "Take it!" and throws it at him; it stops
right in front of him though.
He looks at her. "Did you really think you could hurt me with my own
weapon?" he says, and grabs his spear and gets ready to fight her.
A rose flies in and lands near Nergal's feet. He turns to where the rose
came from as sees Tuxedo Mask standing there.
"Endymion." he says, "I see you finally decided to show you cowardly face.
Prepare to die."
"Nergal," a voice says in his head, "Get back here at once! You have no
time for your petty fights."
"Yes my lord." he says. "We have the mage now." and he fades out.
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Elsewhere the fight has continued on between Sailor Pluto (who's now taken
out more than half of her opponents). Gilgamesh and Sailor Uranus have
gotten a few scrapes on each other, and Ishtar is watching the battle from
the sidelines. A man appears above them. He's wearing a black leather
jacket and jeans and has jet-black hair cut short. He's wearing a rapier at
his side.
Ishtar looks up. "Kingu? What brings you here."
"Kingu?" Pluto says seeing him.
"I've come to tell you that we have gotten the mage and Jadeite."
"What?" Sailor Uranus says parrying another of Gilgamesh's blows.
"Then all this was..." Pluto says.
"Yes, a distraction", Gilgamesh says, backing off. "It seems that it
succeeded perfectly."
"Hmm", Kingu says floating down to the ground. "You may all leave I'll deal
with the Senshi here."
"That's just a little overconfident!" Sailor Uranus says.
"We'll see. Come on try your best." He says.
"World Shaking!" she intones and a ball of yellow energy shoots toward him;
it hits a building behind Uranus.
"That's not possible..." She says quite surprised.
"My turn." he says and a small cut appears across her chest.
"I didn't even see you draw the rapier." Pluto says.
"Come on. I can take both of you," he says, quite confidently
Pluto charges him preparing to strike with her staff, something parries it
and a small cut appears on her face. Uranus attacks Kingu with the Space
Sword, but she just hits air where he was standing.
"I'm behind you." He says and slashes her with his rapier across her back;
she turns to face him.
He laughs, "I'm just a lot faster than you."
Pluto and Uranus both attack simultaneously and both get hit with Kingu's
rapier. He has not taken a single hit.
"This is getting us nowhere!" Uranus says.
"Admit it. You cannot defeat me."
"Deep Submerge!" a ball of green energy comes through the pavement and hits
Kingu in the back knocking him down.
"Shit! I forgot about that one..." he says getting up. "Doesn't matter. We
have all the pieces. Soon Aspu we'll be freed and there's nothing you can
do about it." laughs and fades out.
Uranus helps Neptune up out of the hole.
Pluto looks in the direction of their apartment. "We better see what
happened over there." and they begin to head over.
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Back at what's left of the condominium. Tuxedo Mask is helping Mercury up,
and Jupiter is now sitting of the couch, tears are coming out of her eyes.
"Dammit." she says crying, "I couldn't do a thing again..."
"Jupiter." Luna says, "You did the best you could have. We've all tired our
best."
She looks at her. "But I should've have done more I've should have stopped
them."
The outer Senshi walk into the destroyed apartment.
"What happened here?" Neptune asks.
"They got Wren and Jadeite." Tuxedo Mask says.
"Now I guess we wait 'till Aspu shows itself", Uranus says.
"Maybe not." Mercury says typing on her mini-computer, "I getting a strong
energy reading from over here. It appears to be a portal of some sort."
"I guess Jadeite left the way open." Neptune says.
"Or it's a trap", Uranus says.
"There's only one way to find out." Pluto says.
"Then let's go!" Jupiter says.
"We'll rescue you Wren." Mercury says and they step through the portal.
(To be continued)
Next Chapter: Things get worse! (Depending which side you're on)
Comments/praise go to Andrew J. Currie.
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